Supporting LGBTQ People in Immigration Detention
“We need $1,500.00 to help a fine young man named Juan Sanchez Martinez. The $1,500.00 is the fee needed to let Juan be free from immigration pending his U-Visa application. Juan came to this country at a very young age brought by his mother who was a single mother raising her children on her…
**ESPAÑOL ABAJO** Summer Letter Writing with Las Mariposas Date: Thursday, June 23, 2016 Time: 6pm-9pm Location: Mariposas Sin Fronteras Office, 620 S. 6th Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701 Due to a measles outbreak, we have been unable to visit with our friends in Eloy Detention Center. Join us as we write them much-needed letters of strength and…
**ESPAÑOL ABAJO** We are happy to invite you to our first ever art show by talented folks in immigration detention and the amazing artist Isela “Chela Meraz from Phoenix, AZ. “Te SoNe Libre” is an art show to celebrate the resistance of LGBTQ+ people in immigration detention. The opening reception will be June 18, 2016…
(portrait of Yesenia Palencia) Hello folks! After many unexplained rescheduled bond hearings Yesenia Palencia, a lesbian woman from El Salvador detained in Eloy Detention Center, has finally received a bond of $15,000! “Yesenia Palencia is a lesbian woman who escaped an abusive past in El Salvador, seeking a better life for herself and her children…
(English translation below) Mariposas Sin Fronteras: “Tan solo un día en la detención es mucho. Tan solo una deportación es demasiada. #NiUnaMas” Migrantes Transgenero, Gay, Lesbiana y Bisexual Responden a las Declaraciones de Hillary Clinton Sobre Detención e Inmigración Mariposas Sin Fronteras, una agrupación de Tucson principalmente de personas LGBTQJ migrante y previamente detenid@s, responde…
(English translation below) Mariposas Sin Fronteras: “Tan solo un día en la detención es mucho. Tan solo una deportación es demasiada. #NiUnaMas” Migrantes Transgenero, Gay, Lesbiana y Bisexual Responden a las Declaraciones de Hillary Clinton Sobre Detención e Inmigración Mariposas Sin Fronteras, una agrupación de Tucson principalmente de personas LGBTQJ migrante y previamente detenid@s, responde…
Luis Alberto has been released from detention in Florence! One more free butterfly! ¡Luis Alberto ha salido de la detención en Florence! Una mariposa mas libre!
Immigration Advocates Demand Release of Abused Trans Asylum Seeker Nicoll Hernández-Polanco says she’s faced transphobia and verbal, physical, and sexual abuse from immigration staff and other detainees in her all-male facility, despite posing no ‘security threat.’ By Mitch Kellaway The Transgender Law Center Tuesday called for the release of Nicoll Hernández-Polanco, a Guatemalan trans woman currently being…
Nicoll Hernández-Polanco (A089-841-646) es una mujer transgénero guatemalteca que se encuentra detenida en un centro de detención para hombres en Florence, AZ por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE por sus siglas en inglés). Nicoll se entregó en la frontera de los Estados Unidos a agentes de la patrulla fronteriza en octubre…
Nicoll Hernández-Polanco (A089-841-646) is a Guatemalan transgender woman currently being detained by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an all-male facility in Florence, AZ. Nicoll presented herself to border patrol agents at the United States border in October 2014 and immediately requested asylum after suffering nearly a decade of sexual and physical violence in Guatemala…